NFU Leader Retires

[J 1177]

Able? Anyone is able in that position if they WANT change things. But Tom would not have got the top job, with no competitors, if he wanted to change stuff.
He simply another cartel man

Sad really

 

[thorpe]

Iv retracted what iv said, shouldnt have said it. Frustration of seeing our industry taken for mugs got the better of me

no no you were quite correct!

 

[Widgetone]

I’m not as frequent a user of TFF in recent months and this thread is exactly why.
The comments on here are absolutely vile and imho looses any credibility that the TFF family has as a voice for agriculture in the UK and wider.
I know not everyone will agree and be happy with NFU and her but to have to those things posted on an online, free access to all forum is just not o.

Spot on. Mod fail imo.

Can't recall if Peter Kendall got such flak on his watch, I suspect not!
Farmers on here and elsewhere are so divided, goes some way to explain some of the problems our sector faces.

 

[Bobby Spray]

She doesn't represent me or my farm. No one who wears WEF great reset bage can ever do so.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Trouble is conference was full of people fawning over her. To many want a grip on the greasy pole so follow the agenda.
NFU needs to go, it will never change.

That is their prerogative, it was only ever going to be like that.

NFU just needs to do stuff for its own membership, not try to dominate other farmers

 

[Nearly]

That is their prerogative, it was only ever going to be like that.

NFU just needs to do stuff for its own membership, not try to dominate other farmers

It's own membership now just need insurance for a Range Rover and a spray for 2 acres of buttercups.

 

[Bury the Trash]

no no you were quite correct!

desperate men do desperate things .

and when communication breaks down the swearing begins.

 

[Clive]

History will remember her "leadership" little like it does Tony Blair IMO ............. not exactly fondly and keen for a trail in the Hague !

So much damge done to the NFU and UK agriculture by one individual


I wonder what supermarket, processor, political or regulatory / governance role she will appear in next ? - despite the bullpoo "i'm retiring to my farm". rubbish she has a couple hundred K hole in the personal finances every year o fill that a few beef cattle certainly won't ........... she will be back i'm sure

 

[Henarar]

j1177 removed his post and now all the reply's with it in need removing including Charles's @Bald Rick
To call someone evil, that should be for murderers and the like,
not good enough.

 

[Humble Village Farmer]

I wouldnt say it either.

But I knew why he said it, what your union leader has done to farmers with the GFC is absolutely deplorable.

And red tractor and net zero

 

[Bald Rick]

Spot on. Mod fail imo.

Can't recall if Peter Kendall got such flak on his watch, I suspect not!
Farmers on here and elsewhere are so divided, goes some way to explain some of the problems our sector faces.

j1177 removed his post and now all the reply's with it in need removing including Charles's @Bald Rick
To call someone evil, that should be for murderers and the like,
not good enough.

Sorry... I spend most of the morning with my cows and pushing slurry (with some style I might add)

I have now removed/modified the offensive post(s)

I understand the anger but please keep it civil.
Thanks

 

[milkloss]

The NFU needs young blood.

Be careful what you wish for. I’m sure there’s a few younger farmers that are equally in awe of RT and the like. They’ll be the loudest and keenest for a top job.

 

[Bobby Spray]

Be careful what you wish for. I’m sure there’s a few younger farmers that are equally in awe of RT and the like. They’ll be the loudest and keenest for a top job.

Unfortunately you are probably right. The amount of cash floating around in UK ag outside the farm gate is simply astonishing. It wouldn't take a large amount to corrupt those supposedly working for the farmers.

 

[Charles.]

Bobby Spray said:
She doesn't represent me or my farm. No one who wears WEF great reset bage can ever do so.


Precisely.

 

[Charles.]

j1177 removed his post and now all the reply's with it in need removing including Charles's @Bald Rick
To call someone evil, that should be for murderers and the like,
not good enough.

Evil exists not only through murderers and the like. For Batters to cause a continual decline in farmers income and increasing amounts of work over the years via RT, causing inexcusable suffering to her fellow human, some commmiting suicide, while others leaving the job they loved, while Batters follows the likes of BRC money as evidenced on this forum amounts to evil for me. Not to mention Batters intentional refusal to stop UFAS millers import non assured grain and yet UK farmers forced against their will to join assurance scheme so they could access their own markets. Even some of the livestock farmers have been forced against their will to be assured while cheap non assured imports are allowed in.

 

[Widgetone]

Sorry... I spend most of the morning with my cows and pushing slurry (with some style I might add)

I have now removed/modified the offensive post(s)

I understand the anger but please keep it civil.
Thanks

Sorry, no dig intended - tough job being an mod/umpire at times.
May we call you Mr Hoyle from now on?

 

[robs1]

She doesn't represent me or my farm. No one who wears WEF great reset bage can ever do so.

Why on earth would she wear a badge like that? It shows a level of naivety if nothing else, I don't know every detail they propose but when mega riich people start talking about control, resets and wealth distribution etc I steer well clear and wearing that badge is a public statement of support of a political organisation, no wonder she wants net zero and us giving our carbon rights away

 

[soapsud]

Be careful what you wish for. I’m sure there’s a few younger farmers that are equally in awe of RT and the like. They’ll be the loudest and keenest for a top job.

The NFU just needs balance. Most of us here are old and set in our ways. The young can bring new ideas in - specially if they know what's happening out and about.

I'm not saying only under 30s should be on all the boards, just balance, tempered with experience. That means an age mix not more of the same.

 

[thorpe]

Why on earth would she wear a badge like that? It shows a level of naivety if nothing else, I don't know every detail they propose but when mega riich people start talking about control, resets and wealth distribution etc I steer well clear and wearing that badge is a public statement of support of a political organisation, no wonder she wants net zero and us giving our carbon rights away

sorry to be nieve but what is wef?

 

[Charles.]

Why on earth would she wear a badge like that? It shows a level of naivety if nothing else, I don't know every detail they propose but when mega riich people start talking about control, resets and wealth distribution etc I steer well clear and wearing that badge is a public statement of support of a political organisation, no wonder she wants net zero and us giving our carbon rights away

Intentional or not, Batters is supporting the WEF agenda net zero, carbon credits agenda.